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CLASS II.—COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item 19( •3—4. MESSENGERS AND OFFICE-KEEPERS. 1903-4. Total number of officers 39 £ VOTE No. 7. Salabies— Messengers — Officer in Charge (also Fire Inspector, £50) 18 Messengers: 1 at £183, 6 at £138, 11 at 7s. 6d. per diem 5 Night-watchmen at 8s. 6d. per diem Office keepers, Sfc. — Custodian £100, and Housekeeper £50, Government House, Auckland Auckland—1 at £200, 1 at £114 New Plymouth Gisborne Nelson —-Office-keeper £150, Messenger £80 Blenheim Christchurch —2 Office-keepers: 1 at £52 (also Messenger, Survey Office, £110), 1 at 4s. 6d. per diem 1 Watchman at 6s. 6d. per diem Dunedin —Office-cleaner £104, and Watchman £45 ... 250 2,520 778 150 314 75 30 230 130 8 4 5 6 7 8 134 119 149 Total—Vote No 7 ... 4,879 ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT. 1903-4. Total number of officers 37 VOTE No. 8. Salabies — For payment of Registrars who do not hold other appointments in the Civil Service 1,075 2 3 Other Chabges— Expenses of General Election ... Licensing Poll under Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Acts 500 4 r> o 7 Expenses of By-elections Expenses Auckland Electoral Tnquiry Preparation and printing of rolls Contingencies 150 4 00 185 2,500 100 Total—Vote No. 8 3,835 4,910 AUDIT OFFICE. 1903-4. Total number of officers 33 VOTE No. 9. Salabies — Chief Clerk 13 Clerks: 1 at £300, 1 at £280, 1 at £275, 1 at £250, 8 at £235, 1 at £230, 1 at £156, 1 at £120, 1 (Shorthand and Type Writer) at £138, 1 at £120, 1 at £90 Cadette 4 Cadets : 1 at £66, 3 at 40 ... Chief Audit Inspector and Audit of Local Bodies Clerk Cadet at £40 (six months) 9 Travelling Inspectors : 3 at £290, 2 at £280, 1 at £270, 1 at £250, 1 at £240, 1 at £230 . Audit Officer in London (also £250 charged AgentGeneral's vote) 385 2,664 96 18(5 425 240 20 2,420 200 a aoit